Google falls waaaaaaaay short when it comes to displaying pictures on googlepages. I've tried it and it was such a pain in the rear that I hardly even use it anymore. For some reason, they make it almost impossible to place two pictures side by side, and if you do manage to get them that way, when you save your page, it moves things around. Google dropped the ball on this application, in my opinion.
Since you're posting in the Business section of this forum, I assume you want your website to be used to make you money. If that is the case, then you still have some work to do. You need to use proper English, including capitalizing the first word of a sentence and ending with a period. Nothing says amateur like bad grammar and punctuation. Why do you have your color contact sheet there? And, EEK, it shows that you get things printed at Walgreens!! Not something you want to advertise, believe me!
Next, placing statements such as "kind of a random shot of my grandma from photo one. oh well. the more of her, the merrier" below a photograph makes me think this is more of a myspace type of photo gallery. Almost all of your photo descriptions are this way. I suggest just placing a title below the picture, not a description of what you did, unless it's necessary (like for the photo retouching one).
As others have said, myspace accounts do not say "professional." Get rid of that link, or place it at the bottom of your page. When someone logs onto your site, they should see your business name, contact information (NOT myspace), and location. Why location? How will they know if they can hire you if it doesn't say where you are? Then, they should see your VERY BEST work. Never, never put something below average on your business site. You should also never downplay your work. For example, you have a description saying "just some beads". If it's "just" some beads, why do I want to look at it?
NEVER NEVER use the word "thing" on a professional site: "a flower bouquet type thing in downtown chicago"
A lot of your photos show family members. This makes people think that you are just starting out and can't get clients. If you want to display photos of your family, don't indicate their relationship to you on the site.
Don't use profanity on your site. Even if people did scratch the "f" word onto a tree in your picture, you don't want that word on your site.
A photo of someone else's work of art (for example, the foot statue) shouldn't be on your site.
From looking at your site, I can see that you are very creative and try new techniques, which I find fantastic. However, those get lost amongst the photos of your sister, a light pole, and other non-sellable photos. Keep it simple, show only your best work, show only what people want to buy, and you will be a success.
Marian
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